Hair-tonic.



" 1/2 ounce;

FREDERICK J. PIEPER, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.-

nun-Tonic.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 19080 Application filed October 19. 1907. Serial No. 398.176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. PIEPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Tonics, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention consists of a articularly effective mixture or compoun for promoting or stimulating the growth of the One of the basic ingredients used in the practical embodiment of the inventionis colocynth or bitter apple which acts peculiarly on the lpapillae and root of the hair, promoting the ormative growth of the pigmentary and forming cells, stimulating the minute vessels that come into contact with the bulb, and regulating the functions of the sebacious glands.

Below are indicated the preferred proportions of all the ingredients employed in the compounding of the mixture comprislng the hair tonic or grower constituting this in? vention: tincture prepared from two ounces of colocynth; quinine sulfate, 90 grains;

resorcinal, 1 ounce; washed sulfur, 1 dram;.

tincture of cantharide's 7 fluid ounces; tincture of nux-vomica, 6 fluid ounces; salicyiic acid, 30 grains; acetic acid, 1/ 2 ounce; glycerin, 2 drains; chloroform, 1 ounce; a1- cohol, 49 fluid ounces; and suflicient dis tilled water to make one gallon of the mixture. For erfuming the above mixture I utilize the ollowing ingredients: alcohol, 2 ounces; vanillin, 20 ains; oil rose 'geranium, 30. minims; Oll bitter almonds, 6 minims; oil neroli bigarade (citrus aar'antium) 1O minims; and extract heliotrope,

exact proportions of the forego' ingredients may be modified within t e contemplation of the. inventionin order to increase the effectiveness of the tonic which is not only. a hair 'dress' but is an excellent remedy 'for cure of dan ruff and falling hair.

It will be noted above that the mixture described contains especially effective roportions of'the best known agents, cant ar- It willbe understood that the ides, nux-vomica, etc, for causing a proper amount of blood supply to the lethargic papillae, and possesses the most specific anti-. septic and germicidal properties.

In compounding the mixture I macerate two ounces of powdered colocynth in a pint of diluted alcohol for four days, shaking occasionally. VVhe-n macerated the supernatant liquid is decanted and the remainder transferred to a percolator, and when percolation is completed, the percolate is mixed with the decanted liquid and to thisis added seven ounces of tincture of cantharides and six ounces of tincture of nux vomica. One d'ram of washed sulfur is now dissolved in one ounce of chloroform and added to the 1. A hair tonic including tincture of colocynth, quinine sulfate, resorcinal, sulfur, tincture of cantharides, tincture of nux vomica, salicylic acid,.acetic acid, glycerin, chloroform, alcohol, water, and a perfume, substantially in the proportions specified.

2. A hair tonic including tincture of colocvnth, quinine sulfate, resorcinal, sulfur, tincture of cantharides, tincture of nuxvomica, salicylic acid, acetic acid, glycerin,

chloroform, alcohol, water, a'nd a perfume includin vanillin, oil rose geranium, oil

bitter a monds, oil bigarade, and extract heliotro e, substantially in the proportions specific I v r In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK J. BIEPER.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MCDONALD, E. M. Pmrnn. 

